PAGE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1942.
Chapter ST
New World
BECAUSE Ana and Todd hid
asked her for dinner, Melissa
felt a little better. Indeed, the
was almost passionately grateful
for Todd's and Ann's arrival, and
went down to meet them In the
lobby of her hotel, a firl so pretty
and smart-looking that more than
one bead turned to follow her
with admiring eyes as she Joined
Todd and Ann.
From the sidewalk. It was sim
ply another club; but Inside the
interior amusingly resembled a
stable. Todd and Ann were ob
viously expected, for they were
greeted by name, and a head
waiter. In the garb of a coachman,
guided them to a table placed at
the edge of the scrap of dance
door. It was a gay little party,
and Melissa would have been less
than human if she had not felt
her spirits lift a little.
This," Todd told them all. Is
that dance act I've been booking.
They're really good."
The music changed, quickening
Its tempo, and out on the floor
drifted a rather tall, rangy-looking
girl and a man a little taller
than she. Their dance was eccen
tric, gay. fantastic but after the
first startled, incredulous mo
ment Melissa forgot all about the
dance itself because she had rec
ognized the dancers! They were
Alice and Hugh, from the show
boat.
Melissa turned swiftly to Todd.
"It's Alice and Hugh, from the
River Quern," she accused him
swiftly. "Why didn't you tell me
they were here!"
"Because Hendricks mads me
5 wear that I wouldn't," answered
'odd a trifle grimly.
Startled, Melissa asked, "But
why should he do that?"
"I gathered that he wanted you
to be all washed up with the show
boat atmosphere and all that
means," answered Todd, and
there was a slightly anxious look
in his eyes.
"Come along, youngster Til
take you to their dressing-room,"
he added, and Melissa trotted
eagerly beside him along a nar
row corridor that had several
doors openinfc at the side. Todd
Eaused at one of these and
nocked.
"Come In," called a voice that
Melissa recognized as Alice's.
Todd pushed open the door,
and Melissa all but bounced into
the room. Hugh and Alice stared
at her, startled, and for a moment
unwelcoming. And then Alice
said quietly. "Hello, Melissa
how's tricks?"
"Alice!" said Melissa, and her
voice shook a little as she em
braced Alice's rather unyielding
form. "I was never so glad to see
anybody In my life."
"Really?" said Alice, her voice
chilly, her manner aloof.
"Hugh, how about stepping out.
side with me for a minute, and
leaving these women to chin a
bit? I've a little proposition that
I think will interest you," sug
gested Todd hastily.
When Hugh and Todd had gone,
Melissa said swiftly, "Alice, what
are you and Hugh doing here,
away from the show boat?"
"When Ace sold out, Hugh and
I moved out" answered Alice;
and then, with a trace of resent
ment, she added tartly, "Did you
think you were the only person
on the show boat with talent
enough to get away?" ,
Randy! riaa
MELISSA stared at her. "Why,
Alice, you're you're angry
with me. What have I done?" she
stammered.
"Nothing at all but Ace made
It quite plain before we left the
show boat that he wanted you to
be free of any faint reminder of
the River Queen or any of its peo
ple. And apparently you agreed
with him."
"I didn't know until I saw you
and Hugh come out on the floor
tonight that you ware within a
thousand miles of here, and you
darned well know I'd have broken
my neck. Just about, to see you if I
had known it," said Melissa
swiftly.
Alice studied her sharply, "I
suppose I was a sap not to have
understood, only we had been
such friends on the River Queen,
and I've been as lonely as the
devil since we came to town, and
1 suppose 1 sort of grew a chip
on my shoulder."
"But you said Randy had sold
the show boat Why, Alice? And
where is he? Whit's he done
that's such a secret?"
"Well, he sold the show boat
and turned everything he had in
the world into cash and bought
out the Plantation Lady Products
company 'everything to make
the L.sdy Beautiful and put Todd
Brasley in as head of the promo
tion department promoting you,
chiefly, bsby," answered Alice
surcinctlv.
Melissa said unsteadily, "But
but why should Randy do all this
give up his business and every
thing just for me?"
Alice grinned wisely.
"Well, speaking purely from
personal observation, my dear lit
tle nit-wit I'd say it was because
the lug was in love with you,
she answered firmly.
For a moment a storm of toy
shook Melissa as a spring gale
shakes a young sapling. And then
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she pulled herself together and
shook her bead, her face white,
her mouth a taut line.
"It couldn't be that," she said
swiftly, her voice shaken a little.
"If he hsd cared for me at all, be
couldn't have hurt me so."
"He could, if he thought It was
for your own good," Alice
pointed out wisely.
Melissa had listened as though
It were all so wonderful she
couldn't believe it "You you
wouldn't say things like that If
you didn't really mean them,
would you, Alice?"
"Of course not youngster," said
Alice, and her voice was warm
and kind. "Understand me. Melis
sa you may never lay eyes on
the lug again, for he's got a ter
ribly exaggerated idea of his rep
utation and its harmful effects
on your future and all that truck.
But whether you ever see him
again or not, there's one thing
you can bank on the man's Just
plain nuts about you!"
Melissa drew a long, unsteady
breath and said quietly, "Thank
you, Alice, for everything."
Alice grinned, the old gay, wise,
shrewd grin that Melissa had
loved aboard the show boat
"Think nothing of it, keed 's al
ways a pleasure to help a paL
Even if Ace would be nt to be
tied if he knew I'd tipped you off
to his noble gesture.
There was a knock at the door,
and Hugh thrust his head in. "Not
that I want to break up the party,
but I do have to change for the
next number!" he suggested
plaintively.
Melissa stood up Instantly.
"I'm sorry, Hugh I'll run
along," she apologized.
"Lover, Come Back"
THE orchestra surveyed Melissa
a trifle grimly as she presented
herself for the next morning's re
hearsal. Through that mysterious
grapevine system of the theatri
cal business, the fact that Barton
had refused to coach her any
longer, because he quite frankly
considered her hopeless, had al
ready reached them.
"I suppose it's to be "Lonesome
Road' again?" suggested Jerry
grimly.
"No," answered Melissa. "If you
don't mind, could we try 'Lover,
Come Back' from The New
Moon'?"
Jerry said, startled, "A torch
song?,r "But why not? If you're carry
ing a torch and everybody knows
it said Melissa quietly, "what's
wrong about mentioning it pub
licly?" Jerry grinned. "I get It good
old 'heart-on-your-sleeve' busi
ness? Broadway loves it," he re
turned, and turned to the boys.
There was a momentary con
fusion; then the first bars of musie
came. After a moment Melissa
lifted her head, took the slim
silver throat of the microphone
in her two hands as Barton had
taught her to do and began to
sing. He had placed her voice
considerably below her ususl
range; it came now, throaty, faint
ly husky, warm and vibrant;
most of ail, it was alive.
When the last throbbing note
had died away Jerry stared at her
almost in awe and said half under
his breath. "Good Lord!" And
there was a little entirely spon
taneous burst of applause from
the orchestra.
if you can do It like that open
ing night. Miss Marlowe we're
in!" said Jerry heartily and In
deep relief.
I'll do it like that don't wor
ry, said Melissa, and turned
away from the microphone.
And she did. It's a matter of
radio history by now. The little
girl from nowhere, the show boat
singer, stepped before the micro-
hone on the Plantation Lady
lalf-hour and simply knocked the
listening audience into a couDle
of loops.
And after that opening night,
Ann and Todd, flushed and gay
and excited, bore down upon her
and Ann said busily "Look,
angel-face, vou re comma to a
Earty. It's pretty swank and high,
at and all that but 1 don't think
you'll be too bored."
The taxi deposited them before
an Impressive whitrfrontrd apart,
ment house in the East Sixties. A
doorman in a gold-braided green
uniform ushered them into the
lobby, and an elevator shot them
to the top floor.
A man of middle age, very well
tailored, came forward and Ann
introduced Melissa.
He greeted Melissa with frank
pleasure.
"I heard your program: my
djar, you were charming," he
said pleasantly. "We're going to
hear a lot about you, I feel aure.
I'm deeply honored to have you
here as my guest tonight We'll
make it a celebration of your sue.
cess."
Melissa thanked him, pink with
pleasure. Others came up: attrac
tive young men; pretty girls;
smart young career women likt
Ann.
Shs was dancing with one of
the good-looking well tailored
voung men. laughing up at him,
when she saw a slight ommotion
at the door. And then her foot
caught, and she forgot to dance,
for in that group was a man who
looked like Randy. Of course, it
couldn't be Randy, she told her
startled throbbing heart
Te fee santlnire
(CP) After hitch-hiking some
3.000 miles following rejection
from every branch of the armed
services In the United States.
Lawrence Wilson, 19, of Los
Angeles, today is serving with
the Canadian forestry corps as
a clerk here.
Wilson, whose 28 year-old
brother was killed by the Japa
nese in the attack on Pearl Har
bor last December, was rejected
when he applied for enlistment
in the United States because of
weak eyes.
"I almost didn't get In the
Canadian army, but I made it
when doctors learned I could
use a typewriter," Wilson said
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Br GLUYAS WILLIAMS
Germany Calling
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Teagarden to Play
For Annual 20-30
Swing Into Spring
Medford 20-30 club's annual
"Swing Into Spring" dance will
be held Tuesday, April 14. at
the Oriental ardens. Special
arrangements have been made
to present Jack Teagarden and
bis famous band from Holly
wood where they recently com
pleted the motion picture "Birth
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CYMBALS
SINCE Ife23... TWEIR. NAME
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ACYMBAU MAKER.
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HAVE BEEN KEPT "SECRET
FOR OVER. .
300 YEARS
CYMBAL CELEBRITY
Today, hardly a name band In the United States Is without Zildjlan cymbals and most
other orchestras of the world depend on them for the dramatic effects in music that only
cymbals can produce. The secret of the hammering and tempering has been handed down
since 1623 to the oldest male of each generation. Bands of the U. S. armed forces today
asking for bids specify "Avedis Zildjian, or equal." The cymbals can be hammered to thin
that they may be bent double without injury. They are stored away for a year to age. which
Improves the tone.
Edited by Drew Pearson and Bob Allea
of the Blues." sharing honors
with Bin( Crosby.
Teagarden and Crosby are
both discoveries and proteges of
the famous Paul Whitman. Tea
garden, tinging In his own pop
ular way and playing hi "talk
ing trombone" has been fea
tured in several pictures and on
theatre stages and in dance halls
from coast to coast.
A capacity crowd Is expected
therefore the 20-30 members
have already started advance
ticket tales.
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